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I have been practicing taking photos of the sun getting ready for the solar eclipse on August 21, 2017. Several weeks ago I made a solar filter adaptor for my camera. Today I cranked the exposure to almost as underexposed as my camera will go. I got a photo of a sunspot! August 4, 2017.
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| Indigo Bunting found by Jason Fidorra along Audubon Road in the Wenas area northwest of Selah, WA. New addition to my Yakima County list! June 10, 2017.
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| Female Black-headed Grosbeak at the Toppenish NWR headquarters southwest of Toppenish, WA. May 13, 2017.
Viewed: 62 times.
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| Horned Lark along Lewandowski Road north of Sunnyside, WA. April 23, 2017.
Viewed: 54 times.
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| Yellow-rumped Warbler in the Japanese maple tree outside our kitchen window at our house southwest of the Yakima, WA airport. April 16, 2017.
Viewed: 59 times.
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| Sandhill Cranes near Campbell Rd. and Marion Drain Rd. southwest of Toppenish, WA. April 9, 2017.
Viewed: 53 times.
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Greater Yellowlegs in breeding plumage along Old Goldendale Rd. southwest of Toppenish, WA. April 9, 2017.
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| Great Horned Owl at the Toppenish NWR headquarters southwest of Toppenish, WA. April 9, 2017.
Viewed: 56 times.
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| Great Horned Owl owlets on the nest at the headquarters of the Toppenish NWR southwest of Toppenish, WA. April 9, 2017.
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| Northern Mockingbird on St. Hillaire Rd. northeast of Moxee, WA. The homeowner said it had been there all winter. A NOMO was at the same residence in July 2011. April 3, 2017.
Viewed: 59 times.
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| Female Purple Finch at the Grassy Lake Nature Preserve in Olympia, WA. April, 2, 2017.
Viewed: 54 times.
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| Greater White-fronted Geese at the Terrance Heights Memorial Park, Yakima, WA. March 23, 2017.
Viewed: 58 times.
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Great Horned Owl on its nest in a cottonwood tree along Old Goldendale Rd., Yakima County, WA. March 12, 2017.
Viewed: 51 times.
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| Garter Snake swimming in the flood waters on the west side of Lateral A south of Harrah, WA. March 12, 2017.
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| Album: Trip to Mexico January 2017 - Birds seen in California
Birds seen in California on our trip from Yakima, WA to San Carlos, Sonora, Mexico, January 2017
Changed: Mar 05, 2017.
Contains: 24 items.
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| Album: Trip to Mexico in January 2017 - Birds seen in Arizona
Birds seen in Arizona on our trip from Yakima, WA to San Carlos, Sonora, Mexico, January 2017
Changed: Mar 10, 2017.
Contains: 27 items.
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| Album: Trip to Mexico in January 2017 - Birds seen in Sonora, Mexico
Birds seen in Sonora, Mexico, January 2017
Changed: Mar 13, 2017.
Contains: 82 items.
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| Harris's Sparrow, first found by John Hebert, at the Popoff Trail feeding station, Union Gap, WA. . Jan. 4, 2017.
Viewed: 212 times.
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Another shot of the Harris's Sparrow at the Poppoff Trail feeding station in Union Gap, WA. Jan. 4, 2017.
Viewed: 185 times.
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| Immature Snow Goose, found by Lamont McLachlan, in the Terrace Memorial Park in Yakima, WA. Dec. 27, 2016.
Viewed: 189 times.
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| Bohemian Waxwings, two of about 200, in the area of 40th Ave. and W. Nob Hill Blvd. in Yakima, WA. Dec. 27, 2016.
Viewed: 188 times.
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| Female Bufflehead at Port Hadlock near Port Townsend, WA. Dec. 24, 2016.
Viewed: 188 times.
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| Young Bald Eagle (basic/subadult I, lightly-marked type) along Marion Drain Rd. east of Hwy 97 south of Toppenish, WA. Dec. 17, 2016.
Viewed: 202 times.
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| Northern Harrier on Marion Drain Rd. east of Hwy 97 south of Toppenish, WA. Dec. 17, 2016.
Viewed: 212 times.
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Female Varied Thrush at the Yakima Area Arboretum, Yakima, WA. Dec. 15, 2016.
Viewed: 197 times.
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| Ruby-crowned Kinglet along the Poppoff Trail at the south end of the Yakima Greenway Pathway, Union Gap, WA. Dec. 11, 2016.
Viewed: 194 times.
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| Juvenile Cooper's Hawk along Lateral A south of Union Gap, WA. Dec. 3, 2016.
Viewed: 199 times.
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| The same juvenile Cooper's Hawk showing the "hackles" on the nape raised. Dec. 3, 2016.
Viewed: 187 times.
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| A pair of Red-tailed Hawks showing the size dimorphism between female (left) and male (right). The female is a dark rufous morph and the male is an adult dark rufous morph. They were at the Ahtanum Business Park in Union Gap, WA. Dec. 3, 2016.
Viewed: 215 times.
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| Light rufous morph Red-tailed Hawk along Lateral A south of Union Gap, WA. Dec. 3, 2016.
Viewed: 192 times.
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Pacific Wren at Snow Mountain Ranch northwest of Yakima, WA. Dec. 2, 2016.
Viewed: 224 times.
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| Varied Thrush at the Yakima Area Arboretum, Yakima, WA. Nov. 29, 2016.
Viewed: 231 times.
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| White-stripped White-throated Sparrow at the Yakima Area Arboretum feeding station, Yakima, WA. Nov. 23, 2016.
Viewed: 221 times.
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| First-winter Franklin's Gull on the roof of the Columbia Park Marina in Kennewick, WA. Nov. 16, 2016.
Viewed: 239 times.
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| Clark's Grebe just west of the Columbia Park Marina in Kennewick, WA. The pale sides and the eye in the white of the face can be seen even on this sleeping bird. Nov. 16, 2016.
Viewed: 229 times.
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| Slate-colored Junco at the bird feeding station in the Yakima Area Arboretum, Yakima, WA. Nov. 10, 2016.
Viewed: 236 times.
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Tan-stripped White-throated Sparrow at the bird feeding station in the Yakima Area Arboretum, Yakima, WA. Nov. 10, 2016.
Viewed: 229 times.
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| Another shot of the tan-stripped White-throated Sparrow at the bird feeding station in the Yakima Area Arboretum, Yakima, WA. Nov. 10, 2016.
Viewed: 232 times.
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| Possible Eastern Song Sparrow at the bird feeding station in the Yakima Area Arboretum, Yakima, WA. Nov. 10, 2016.
Viewed: 237 times.
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| Black-bellied Whistling Ducks in Brackenridge Park, San Antonio, TX. Nov. 4, 2016.
Viewed: 222 times.
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| Least Grebe (right) with a Pied-billed Grebe on a small pond on Parksville Way in Ceder Park, TX. Oct. 30, 2016.
Viewed: 248 times.
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| Snowy Egret along the Riverwalk in downtown San Antonio, TX. Nov. 3, 2016.
Viewed: 232 times.
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Yellow-crowned Night-Heron at Berry Springs Park, Georgetown, TX. Nov. 2, 2016.
Viewed: 232 times.
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| Yellow-crowned Night-Heron in a bald cypress tree along the Riverwalk in downtown San Antonio, TX. Nov. 3, 2016.
Viewed: 226 times.
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| Turkey Vultures at the Cedar Park Regional Medical Center lake and park, Cedar Park, TX. Oct. 31, 2016.
Viewed: 235 times.
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| Red-bellied Woodpecker in Twin Lakes Park, Cedar Park, TX. Nov. 5, 2016.
Viewed: 259 times.
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| Most of a male Ladder-backed Woodpecker at Berry Springs Park, Georgetown, TX. Nov. 2, 2016.
Viewed: 206 times.
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| Eastern Phoebe in Devine Lake Park, Leander, TX. Oct. 31, 2016.
Viewed: 223 times.
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Eastern Bluebird at Berry Springs Park, Georgetown, TX. Nov. 2, 2016.
Viewed: 230 times.
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| Male Lesser Goldfinch bathing in the small creek between the two ponds in Twin Ponds Park, Cedar Park, TX. Nov. 5, 2016.
Viewed: 244 times.
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| Now it is the female Lesser Goldfinch's turn. Nov. 5, 2016.
Viewed: 212 times.
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| Texas-sized spider web in Devine Lake Park, Leander, TX. Oct. 31, 2016.
Viewed: 224 times.
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| Album: Butterflies in Texas in Fall, 2016
Changed: Nov 15, 2016.
Contains: 28 items.
Viewed: 260 times.
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| Pacific Loon at Dog Lake, just east of White Pass summit, Yakima County, WA. First seen by Andy Stepniewski on Oct. 22. Oct. 26, 2016.
Viewed: 289 times.
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